Teen`s Arrest Solves Burglaries

SUNRISE — Police have solved 15 burglaries, mostly in the Welleby development, after last Wednesday`s arrest of a 14-year-old boy who police say admitted to the crimes.

Members of the Police Department`s Street Crime Unit were conducting a burglary surveillance when they observed the juvenile riding a bicycle near a fenced-in back yard in the 9300 block of Northwest 31st Place, Lt. Charles Clancy said.

The boy abandoned the bicycle in an area between two houses, but police arrested him later after another juvenile identified the bicycle, Clancy said.

Clancy said the department recovered $5,000 in stolen property from the youth. Most of the items were stolen from automobiles.

``He`d take anything he could pick up in the cars,`` Clancy said.

The boy was charged with the burglaries and released to juvenile authorities, Clancy said.